Chapter 50: Raising bandits

Recently, the Gong family and Chen Zikun have been very close. Gong Zijun, the eldest son of the Gong family, came out of the military envoy office all day long, and even asked a tailor to make a military uniform. He really became a staff officer.

At the request of Chen Zikun, Gong Jiaxuan recruited twelve honest and honest young men from his hometown Gongjia Temple to serve as offices for the escort officers. Each of them was wearing a gray coarse cloth uniform, tied a cowhide belt around his waist, and then a Hanyang piece made on his back. He stood at the gate, which was like that.

Chen Zikun also asked Mr. Gong to come forward and rented several storefront rooms. The Gong family happened to have an idle house, so they rented it out at a low price. After signing the contract, they did not open it for a long time, but no one cared about this matter.

Qiu Fuzhao came back from outside the city with dust and saw two people sitting under the willow tree by the moat. One was Gong Zijun, the eldest son of the Gong family. This boy was wearing a blue cloth military uniform and a big-brimmed hat. He was bragging like a dog. Sitting next to him was a female student, with a delicate white dress and a familiar figure.

After a closer look, Captain Qiu's lung tube was about to explode. The female student was nothing but Xia Jingxi.

When did the young lady get together with the boy named Gong? She is still sitting by the river together? It’s so unfair! Captain Qiu was furious and was about to go up to question him, but suddenly he had an idea and quietly hid behind the tree. He monitored Gong Zijun’s every move from a distance. He made up his mind that as long as this boy dared to touch him, he would shoot him.

The two of them didn't notice that they were staring at them and were still chatting happily. Mr. Gong also picked a small blue flower and tied it to Xia Jingxi's temples.

"Does it look good?" Miss Xia asked with her head tilted.

"Yeah, it looks good." Mr. Gong nodded vigorously.

"Hate..." Miss Xia suddenly felt embarrassed, and two red blush on her cheeks flew.

Mr. Gong was a little intoxicated and couldn't help but put his mouth on.

"I'm going to die, you bastard." Qiu Fuzhao pulled his gun and was about to go up. Suddenly someone shouted behind him: "Captain Qiu, what are you doing?"

When Qiu Fuzhao turned around, he saw Chen Zikun sitting on the horse and looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly put away his pistol: "It's okay, it's okay."

"I haven't seen you these two days, where have you been playing?" Chen Zikun asked.

"Oh... something happened in my hometown, it's fine now." Qiu Fuzhaohan responded vaguely, feeling confused, all of whom were the eldest lady and the boy named Gong.

"Oh, if you have something to do, let's go first." Chen Zikun left with a horse's belly. Qiu Fuzhao looked at the river again, and there were no figures.

He returned to the Xia family mansion in a depressed mood and first went to hand in the work to the master. All the assigned tasks were completed. The jade pendant used as a token was also returned to the master. Xia Dalong reminded: "Fu Zhao, heaven knows this, earth knows, do you know me, do you understand?"

Qiu Fuzhao was excited: "I understand, lord."

"Well, you go down." Xia Dalong sat on the lounge chair, and the hookah sucked in a flash and began to close his eyes to rest. Qiu Fuzhao felt an impulse in his heart, wanting to report the relationship between the eldest lady and the young master of the Gong family, but hesitated again when he said something.

"What, there is something wrong?" Xia Dalong opened his eyes.

"Master... Oh, uncle, I think... I'm not young anymore, I want to get married." Qiu Fuzhao said hesitantly.

"This matter, haha, I'm in love with someone's daughter, and my uncle will help you propose marriage." Xia Dalong was amused, his eyebrows narrowed into a slit, and he rarely saw him so comfortable.

Qiu Fuzhao's heart was like a big drum, pounding and thumping. He didn't know where the Xiong Xin came from, but he actually said stutteringly: "That... Actually... Oh no, my cousin... does my cousin have a family in-laws?"

Deadly silence.

Xia Dalong didn't say anything, staring at Qiu Fuzhao with his eyes tightly, which scared him so much that he didn't dare to let out. Only the sound of hookahs spitting out in the living room was heard, and the atmosphere was as cold as winter.

After a while, Xia Dalong finally said slowly: "Your cousin is from a foreign school. In the future, you will at least marry a military commander or something. You don't have to worry. I think the third daughter of the sixth family in Xia's family is good, and the zodiac sign is right for you. I'll be a matchmaker for you tomorrow and marry her."

Speaking of this, Qiu Fuzhao had nothing to say, nodded and bowed: "Thank you uncle, I'm back."

"Go." Xia Dalong waved his hand to send this cousin, but he felt very uncomfortable. The most regrettable thing in his life was that he had no descendants. The only biological Xia Jingxi was a daughter and could not inherit the family business. Although he adopted a son from his brothers and now he was an adjutant with Governor Sun, he was considered promising, but he was not his own blood after all.

There was no son, and there were no outstanding figures among the sons and nephews of the Xia family, so he used his cousin Qiu Fuzhao. This kid was not very clever, but he was born with Kong Wu and loyal. In addition, the Qiu family is a small surname, so it is difficult to cause the tail to be too big, so it is barely useful.

It is not clear whether Qiu Fuzhao is twenty-eight or twenty-nine this year. Because he has a numb face, he has not married yet. According to his savings as the security team leader in recent years, he is not unable to marry a wife. Unexpectedly, he actually fell in love with his daughter and even brought it up in person with great courage.

"Does my cousin have a family in-law?" Qiu Fuzhao's words still echoed in Xia Dalong's ears. His eyebrows were so angry that he jumped straight. If it were in the past, he would have jumped up and beaten people. But now, unlike the past, Chen Zikun, a black fish spirit, came to the county town. It was no longer the time to decide. As the head of the security team, Qiu Fuzhao still had some effect. It would be bad if he tore his face open and forced Chen Zikun to the side.

Qiu Fuzhao was very happy because he finally dared to say what he said in front of the master, which was considered proud. Although the master did not agree, he was not angry, which means that he had a relatively high position in the master's heart and there was room for this matter.

He was so happy that he walked to the back house without realizing it. He was not surprised to realize that this was an inner house that outsiders strictly prohibited from entering.

But I am not an outsider. I am the master's cousin. Qiu Fuzhao easily made an excuse for himself, coughed dryly, pulled the hem of his jacket, and asked the maid passing by: "Where is the lady?"

"Who is looking for me?" Xia Jingxi came out of the room and was surprised to see Qiu Fuzhao, "What are you here to do?"

Qiu Fuzhao was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and suddenly thought of a topic, and said mysteriously: "Cousin, I'll advise you not to talk to the boy of the Gong family."

Xia Jingxi suddenly raised his eyebrows: "You have to take care of my affairs!"

Qiu Fuzhao looked around, and the little maids looked at him with mocking eyes, and then they were a little embarrassed and angry, saying, "Miss, I have seen everything around the river."

Xia Jingxi held her arms, looked at Qiu Fuzhao with contempt, and said coldly: "What's wrong with seeing it?"

"Cousin, don't get me wrong. I'm not in front of my uncle... I just want to show you a secret. The person named Chen is a rabbit's tail that cannot grow. The young master of the Gong family will have to suffer with them. You have close contact with him, and it won't be better then. When the army arrives, there is a saying that will be done when the nest is destroyed."

Xia Jingxi widened her eyes in surprise, not because Qiu Fuzhao, who has always been regarded as illiterate, pulled out an idiom, but because of the previous sentence.

"What did you say? When the army arrived?" Xia Jingxi asked.

Qiu Fuzhao found out that he had left and hurriedly concealed: "It's nothing, that's it, cousin, just be careful, I'll leave first."

Gong Zijun came in a hurry at the Office of the Guardian Envoy. His military uniform was made by a county tailor. The positions and buttons of the four pockets were not very standard, but in the eyes of the county people, he was a serious officer, and he was not adulterated at all.

Two guards poked at the door of the second hall. When Gong Zijun came, he quickly stood at the scene and saluted him. He was very stupid. Even after half a month of training, he couldn't tell the difference, let alone fiddling with rifles. The things such as bolt safety are too complicated and can only be used as fire sticks in their hands.

In normal times, Gong Zijun must have corrected it, but today he just hurriedly returned the gift and entered the second hall, found Chen Zikun and said, "The military guard, something is wrong."

The second hall of the county government office is now the signing room of the Jiangbei Guardian Envoy Office. Chen Zikun and Yan Su both worked here. After hearing Gong Zijun's words, Yan Su hurriedly stood up: "What's going on, let's talk about it slowly."

"Xia Dalong is mobilizing his troops to attack us." Gong Zijun said.

"When, how many people, and where did they receive the message?"

"Xia Jingxi told me that I don't know how many people, I only know that it was a large army to dispatch." Gong Zijun swallowed, very nervous. After all, he was just a college student and had never experienced major military events.

"Where did the eldest lady of the Xia family get the information?" Yan Su asked frowned.

"It was Qiu Fuzhao who told her that she sent a maid to secretly send me a message just now. The information is absolutely reliable. Guardian and Chief of Staff, find a way." Gong Zijun wiped the sweat from his forehead again, extremely anxious.

Yan Su calmed down and spread out a map and said, "Is it because Sun Kaiqin wants to mobilize troops to deal with us? It shouldn't be that now the direct line is at its peak, and the old Anhui clan would never take advantage of this critical moment to provoke conflicts. If the provincial army crosses the river and goes north to swallow us, it will be the best excuse for General Wu to raise troops to go south."

Chen Zikun said: "It may not be a provincial army, it may also be a bandit."

Yan Su took a deep breath and said, "I used a good move to kill people with a knife, but Xia Dalong is a gentry. How can he mobilize bandits?"

Chen Zikun said: "Bandits are rampant in Nantai County, and there are only a hundred groups of people in the county town. Why is it as solid as a god?"

Yan Su said: "You mean, you should respect yourself?"

Chen Zikun nodded: "If you don't do this, how can you squeeze the money from those rich families? How can you donate public security to the 36th year of the Republic of China? I dare not say all the bandits in Nantai County. At least a few large ones are colluding with Xia Dalong."

Yan Su paused and said, "That company of soldiers left was so unexpected. If they were there, we could deal with it calmly. Now we don't even have any soldiers under our command. How to resist the bandits is worse than thirty-six strategies."

Chen Zikun said: "It's too late. Today I met Qiu Fuzhao while patrolling the city gate. He hasn't been in the county town for the past two days. I guess he's just contacting the bandits. At this moment, the bandits are probably on the road and it's too late to walk."

As he was talking, a group of people came to report in panting: "Sir, a large number of bandits were found outside the city gate!"
Chapter completed!